The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, also called Karelo-Finland, Finno-Karelia and Soviet Karelia or simply known as Karelia, was a republic of the Soviet Union. It existed from 31 March 1940
Karelo-Finnish SSR building in 1940
Kantele players from the KFSSR at the Second World Festival of Youth and Students, 1949
The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Karelian ASSR for short, sometimes referred to as Russian Karelia, East Karelia or simply Karelia, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR wit
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
…known as Karelia, was a republic of the Soviet Union. It existed from 31 March 1940 until it was made part of the Russian SFSR on 16 July 1956 as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The latter became the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia, on 13 November 1991. The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was established…
Stamp, Capitals of autonomous republics, Karelian ASSR, Petrozavodsk 1960
Stamp "50 years of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" Mail USSR 1970
Town Kondopoga in Soviet Karelia on September 1988